Over calories one day, deficit the next?

RunBakeLove
RunBakeLove Posts: 101 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Just wanting to know how different people handle the day(s) that you overeat. On the next day do you eat at a deficit to make up for it? Or do you jump right back in to hitting your targets? How has that been working for you?

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  • Finkerbell
    Finkerbell Posts: 154 Member
    For me - once a week I choose a day to eat around 2000 cals (my norm is 1570)
    Other then that I just stick with my plan.
  • SKME2013
    SKME2013 Posts: 704 Member
    I make up for it the next day or as soon as I can. I have been on vacation over the last ten days eating more than usual. Now I am on a three day "fast" to make up for it. I try to stay under my weekly goal so if one day is too high I will have to compensate somehow.
    Stef.
  • monicapatituccijones
    monicapatituccijones Posts: 68 Member
    I just go back to eating normally. Starving myself the next day only sets me up for vicious binging cycles.
  • skiextrm
    skiextrm Posts: 144 Member
    Some weeks I zig zag up and down a lot. I do try to make up for it to certain extent, but not to the point of being over hungry on the smaller day. I check my Report for Net Calories the last seven days and figure the average, which has stayed within 100 cals of MFP goal. I really like that Report. This week has been amazingly level for Net Calories. I'm curious to see if I lose differently by meeting MFP Net daily.
  • RunBakeLove
    RunBakeLove Posts: 101 Member
    I make up for it the next day or as soon as I can. I have been on vacation over the last ten days eating more than usual. Now I am on a three day "fast" to make up for it. I try to stay under my weekly goal so if one day is too high I will have to compensate somehow.
    Stef.

    I do this as well - try to focus on the weekly goal rather than the daily goal.
  • RunBakeLove
    RunBakeLove Posts: 101 Member
    I just go back to eating normally. Starving myself the next day only sets me up for vicious binging cycles.

    Very good point!
  • Iwishyouwell
    Iwishyouwell Posts: 1,888 Member
    A deficit. I go with my natural hunger, and if I overload one day, or a few days in a row, my body does not beg for a lot of food, if I get hungry at all.

    But I IF. Fasting is built into my weight loss, and I do it very well. I can't resonate with people who say that they're tempted to binge after sharp deficits. That doesn't happen to me at all.

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